University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

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Typed case summary and corespondence relating to male p.o.w from outside Great Britain aged 23 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; unconciousness; left hemiplegia; subdural haematoma; and papilloedema. Nonsurgical and surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, note, charts and correspondence relating to male aircraftman from outside Great Britain aged 28 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: unconciousness; skull fracture; left subdural haematoma; right spastic hemiparesis; and slight dysphagia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, charts, notes and black and white photos relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 41 first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: banged head on door; frontal headaches; peculiar behaviour; smells burning; not seeing as well with left eye; photophobia; staggering; vomiting; drowsiness; unconscious; intracranial hypertension; hypertonus of all four limbs; chronic subdural haematoma; and malignant glioma. Surgical...

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Typed case summary, autopsy report, notes, photographs and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) first examined in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; unconsciousness; and subdural haematoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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Typed case summary, note, report and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 26 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: Meniere's disease; vomiting; giddiness; deafness; tinnitus; vertigo; dysphasia; facial weakness; hemiparesis; congenital syphilis; subdural haematoma; and blackouts. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 39 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: subdural haematoma; focal epileptic attacks; hemianopia; ptosis; unconsciousness; hemiplegia; and disorientation. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary relating to male patient fromEdinburgh and the Lothians aged 70 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: gunshot wound; coma; and subdural haematoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, photographs, autopsy report, reports and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 62 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: brainstem haemorrhage; subdural haematoma; increased intracranial pressure; and unconsciousness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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Typed case summary, report, charts, note and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 56 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: fractured skull; subdural haematoma; unconscious; and head injury. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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Typed case summary, chart, report, notes and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 36 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: subdural haematoma; head injury; epilepsy; blackouts; headache; and papilloedema. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.